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Patented Jan. 3, 18 82.

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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

SIGNAL-LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,781, dated January 3, 1882. Application led December 16, 1879.

full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to w'hichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in signa1- lanterns, having for its object to simplify the construction and operation of the same; and it consists in the construction andV arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out by the claim. v

In the annexed drawings, which fully illus- `irate my invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig..2 is central vertical section. Fig. 3 is a plan vieu1 with top removed, and Figs. '1 and 5 are details. y

A represents the body of a lantern, which may be of any desired construction, and which is provided with one or more lenses, B.

E represents the base, rigidly attached ,to the part A,and in which is placed the lamp F, which is held in place by the springsf.

O represents the top, provided with the perforated dome g. Said top is hinged to the body y at a, and isso constructed that it can be swung back out ol' the way. Thetopis held 'in place by means of a lock consisting of a spring, b, se cured to the top at one` end and having in its free end an opening,e, which opening receives a button, c, in the side ofthe body, which is adapted to turn and lock the parts rmly together. The button cis so constructed that it will'fal-l downward by its own weight, and is not liable to turn upward and permit the unlocking of the top. v

D is a bail rigidly attached to the top O, and by which the lantern is carried.

In the interior of the body of the lantern, at the rear of' the lenses, are slides H, adapted to receive and hold the different colored glasses h when in use. Upon the spare sides of the interior of the lantern are secured one or more pockets, G, which are adapted to receive and hold the glasses when not in use.

,y In the use of signal-lanterns many inconveniences have arisen, among'which is the necessity of carrying two or more lanterns with dit'- ferent-colored glasses. Then, again, the lantern has been constructed with exterior pockets to receive and hold the spare glasses; but this was objectionable, as they were liable` to breakage andmanyother inconveniences. By my arrangement of packing the glasses upon the interior of an open -top lantern they are easy of access, and all danger of breakage, 8vo., is obviated.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A portable signal-lantern having a body, A, provided with base E and hinged top C, removable lamp F, secured in place by means of springs ff, and pockets G, arranged within the body of the lamp for the reception 'of spare glasses, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 75 presence of two witnesses.

LAWSON Gr. HUNTINGTON. Vitnesses:

S. B. UNDERHILL, WM. WESTLAKE. 

